Stephen Halliday

Stephen Halliday (born July 2, 2002) is a Canadian-American professional ice hockey player who is a forward for the Belleville Senators of the American Hockey League (AHL) as a prospect to the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Early life Halliday was born July 2, 2002, in Ajax, Ontario. He began playing ice hockey at the age of four under the encouragement of his father, a fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). Halliday also played soccer, lacrosse, and tennis as a child. When he was 12, Halliday's family moved to Maryland for his father's job, but he soon moved back to Toronto and lived with his cousins to continue his hockey career. During the 2017–18 Greater Toronto Hockey League (GTHL) season, Halliday led the Toronto Marlboros with 36 goals and 83 points in 59 games.

Playing career Rather than playing in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), Halliday planned to spend two years in the United States Hockey League (USHL) before moving to college ice hockey in 2020. The Central Illinois Flying Aces selected Halliday first overall in the 2018 USHL Phase I draft.

In 2019, Halliday joined the Dubuque Fighting Saints of the USHL. Halliday played three seasons with Dubuque. At the end of the 2021–22 season, Halliday was drafted in the 2022 NHL entry draft by the Ottawa Senators. This was although Halliday had committed to go to college at Ohio State University. After two seasons at Ohio State, Halliday opted to leave college and sign with Ottawa. He played several games with Ottawa's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Belleville Senators, to finish the season. Halliday was assigned to Belleville again the following season.

Ottawa Senators After tallying 16 points in 15 games to start the 2025–26 season in the AHL with the Belleville Senators, Halliday made his NHL debut on November 20, 2025, replacing an injured Lars Eller, and earned his first NHL point with an assist on Shane Pinto's game-tying goal in a 3–2 win against the Anaheim Ducks. Halliday was returned to Belleville, but was called up in January 2026, and scored his first NHL goal on January 22, in a 5–3 loss to the Nashville Predators.

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